Rutger Hauer
Rutger Hauer
Rutger Oelsen Hauerˈɦʌuər]; born 23 January 1944) is a Dutch actor, writer, and environmentalist. He has acted in both Dutch and English-language TV series and films...
NationalityDutch
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth23 January 1944
CityBreukelen, Netherlands
attack darkness fire glitter lost moments people seen ships shoulder tears time watched
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the darkness at Tannhauser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.
good guinness innovation involved
When I first got involved with Guinness it was not good at innovation,
describe
'Blade Runner' is such a unique film. How do you describe a diamond? I don't think you should ever touch it again.
thinking hands hysteria
I'm way bigger than people think I am. I'm way bigger. I've been underrated all my life, and that's fine. I have privacy. I can walk the street without being hassled. I can be a regular guy. The price to give that up is so horrible. When you become a part of the hysteria - it's not completely in my hands - you have to hide.
father thinking eight
I was convinced that acting was for fools. I was on the stage when I was eight with my father, he was playing one of those Greek blind guys that sees things and warns people, whilst I was in a blue skirt. I think there were 5,000 people in the theatre, it was ridiculous.
moving thinking careers
I think it's dynamite, the way my career has just kept moving, even when people didn't know it did. I made such interesting films, but, yeah, they're not necessarily the big movies that go to the supermarket. I don't need those movies, because I don't wanna do them.
thinking needs done
If you've done what you need to do, you need to go bury yourself, because what else are you going to do? I think that that's where life stops.
play people guy
I don't make the decision about what percentage of good guy or bad guy I play. For some reason, if I put my energy into the bad guy, that scares people. It's magic.
running heart fighting
I run; I am a coward at heart. I swear, when I smell violence or aggression the coward comes out in me. I have no desire to fight anybody except myself.
important together matter
It doesn't matter who's directing, or who's doing the movie; there are a ton of things that can go wrong, and they do all the time. So you just have to figure out how to get through it, and then how the director finally puts it together, and then see what the audience takes from it. That's the most important thing to me.
hobos shotguns ends
Maybe you'll end up like me, a hobo with a shotgun.
eye blue looks
I don't know what my appeal is. I can see I've got blue eyes and don't look like the Hunchback of Notre Dame but I can't understand the fuss.
meaningful hands work-love
Whatsoever your hand finds to do, do it gladly. Because there is no work, love, knowledge, or wisdom in the grave.
wall honesty thinking
Well, of course, every actor's limited, and I am the first one to admit it, in all honesty, when I think that I've hit the wall a bit. I'm not ashamed at all, I think it's a process that you have to go through. That's how you learn.